Hey, Carrie Ann!
An Interview with Carrie Ann Inaba

Gary Barg: Can you tell me about
the Andréa Rizzo Foundation and how you became directly involved?

Carrie Ann Inaba: The Andréa Rizzo
Foundation does movement therapy for pediatric cancer patients. I was
working on Dancing with the Stars, and there was this woman sitting to
my right and next to a young lady who I could tell was undergoing some
sort of treatment, maybe chemotherapy. This woman had the brightest
light—she just kept smiling and smiling. I went over to her during the
commercial break and asked who she was. She introduced herself as
Susan Rizzo and she told me about her foundation. I said, “Sign me up!”
and now I am their spokesperson. I am very grateful because she is the
inspiration. I am only here to help spread the word and bring awareness
to what she is doing for the world.

Gary Barg: What inspired Susan to
start the foundation?

Carrie Ann Inaba: Her daughter,
Andréa, had cancer when she was a child and she had movement therapy.
She was later diagnosed cancer free, was doing great, and was moving on
with her life. She became a dance therapist herself and was going to
give back in such a beautiful way, and then was tragically killed in a
car accident. It is horrible, but her mom is continuing on in her name
and it is a beautiful thing. When you meet Susan, she has a very bright
light. I believe full heartedly in what she is doing and I support her
in any way I can
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